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standpoint, owing to its accessibility, as it is but 13 miles from 

 the shipping point, Pocatello, with which it is connected by a fair 

 wagon road and telephone line. The growing season is long — 

 from April 15 to October 1, in ordinary years, and plant material 

 may be readily transported in time to be used elsewhere in the 

 State before the season is too far advanced. Labor supply is 

 above the average as to skill and availability during the busy 

 season. Wages paid are $2.50 per day, without board, which 

 costs the laborers 50 cents a day. 



The nursery is located in a narrow valley on the main fork of 

 Mink Creek, one-half mile below one of the intakes of the city 

 water supply, which area it is proposed to reforest. The altitude 

 of the nursery is 5,200 feet. The surrounding hills rise to nearly 

 6,000 feet within a mile of the stream. The soil of the seed beds 

 is a rich argillaceous loam, whose mechanical texture has been 

 somewhat improved artificially. The nursery lies on a slope with 

 southern aspect. The sloping character has been corrected by 

 leveling the individual beds, retaining the proper level by means of 

 four inch strips of boards on the lower sides. A new seed bed 

 is located 300 feet distant upon the creek bottom, which is a flat 

 about two acres in extent. The soil here is alluvial, and is quite 

 largely of organic origin. Good garden crops have been raised 

 upon this flat during the past three years, and it is anticipated 

 that it will meet the requirements of seedlings even better than 

 the present seed bed. 



Seed beds are of two sorts, according to the height and nature 

 of shade frame. Two seed beds, called "lath houses," of 2,500 

 square feet available seed area each, are covered with lath screen, 

 made as a woven wire fence, in strips 70 feet long and 4 feet 

 wide. These are supported upon a frame work 8 feet above the 

 ground. The spacing of the lath is such that 40% shade is given. 

 The sides are protected in the same manner by lath fencing, and 

 protection from rodents is secured by the placing of wire netting, 

 2 feet wide, with 9 meshes to the square inch, about the bottom 

 of the inclosure, 6 inches being below the level of the ground. 

 These lath houses are 50 feet by 70 feet in size and are provided 

 with walks, and are made into beds, four feet wide. The aggre- 

 gate seed area of these beds is 2,500 square feet. They are suit- 

 ably provided with iron piping, faucets and hose attachments for 

 watering. 



